Pub Date : 2024-10-16DOI: 10.1016/j.plrev.2024.10.004
Formamide reacted in the presence of a catalyst and of a source of energy affords a rich and complex panel of compounds, including amino acids, amino sugars, nucleic bases, nucleosides, carboxylic acids, aliphatic chains, and more. Nor the source of energy nor the type of catalyst are fastidious. All the catalysts tested have activity; each catalyst affords its own specific set of products, although the panels of products of each catalyst largely overlap. Potentially biogenic compounds form in reasonable conditions and the chemistry that determines the initial syntheses is facile. Hence, Darwins warm little pond did not rely on exotic environments nor on magic tricks. The type of molecules resulting from a mixture of formamide and of two selected products of its initial reactions hint that the initial prebiotic soup was deterministic and oriented towards life-as-we-know-it.
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Pub Date : 2024-10-16DOI: 10.1016/j.plrev.2024.10.005
Holland and Kensinger (2010) reviewed the literature on “Emotion and autobiographical memory.” They focused on two broad ways that emotions influence memory: (1) emotion during an event influences how the event is remembered, and (2) emotion and emotional goals during memory retrieval influence how past events are remembered. We begin by providing a brief update on the key points from that review. Holland and Kensinger (2010) also had noted a number of important avenues for future work. Here, we describe what has been learned about the functions of autobiographical memory and their reconstructive nature. Relatedly, we review more recent research on memory reconstruction in the context of visual perspective shifts, counterfactual thinking, nostalgia, and morality. This research has emphasized the reciprocal nature of the interactions between emotion and autobiographical memory: Not only do emotions influence memory, memories influence emotions. Next, we discuss advances that have been made in understanding the reciprocal relations between stress, mood, and autobiographical memory. Finally, we discuss the research that is situating emotional autobiographical memories within a social framework, providing a bedrock for collective memories. Despite the many advances of the past 14 years, many open questions remain; throughout the review we note domains in which we hope to see advances over the next decades.
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Pub Date : 2024-10-11DOI: 10.1016/j.plrev.2024.10.002
{"title":"A technical comment on “A decade of thermostatted kinetic theory models for complex active matter living systems”. New fascinating perspectives of research","authors":"","doi":"10.1016/j.plrev.2024.10.002","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.plrev.2024.10.002","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":403,"journal":{"name":"Physics of Life Reviews","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":13.7,"publicationDate":"2024-10-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142441184","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2024-10-10DOI: 10.1016/j.plrev.2024.10.001
{"title":"The emotional grounds of existence: A phenomenologist's view. Commentary to “The affective grounds of the mind. The affective pertinentization (APER) model” by Salvatore et al.","authors":"","doi":"10.1016/j.plrev.2024.10.001","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.plrev.2024.10.001","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":403,"journal":{"name":"Physics of Life Reviews","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":13.7,"publicationDate":"2024-10-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142444619","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2024-09-26DOI: 10.1016/j.plrev.2024.09.014
This paper is a follow-up of one of the most-cited articles published in the first 20 years of the existence of Physics of Life Reviews. The specific topic is “ant colony optimization”, which is a metaheuristic for solving challenging optimization problems. Due to its inspiration from natural ant colonies' shortest path-finding behavior, this optimization technique forms part of a larger field known as swarm intelligence. After a short introduction to ant colony optimization, we first provide a chronology focusing on algorithmic developments rather than applications. The main part of the paper deals with a bibliometric study of the ant colony optimization literature. Interesting trends concerning, for example, the geographic origin of publications and the change in research focus over time, can be learned from the presented graphs and numbers.
{"title":"Ant colony optimization: A bibliometric review","authors":"","doi":"10.1016/j.plrev.2024.09.014","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.plrev.2024.09.014","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>This paper is a follow-up of one of the most-cited articles published in the first 20 years of the existence of <em>Physics of Life Reviews</em>. The specific topic is “ant colony optimization”, which is a metaheuristic for solving challenging optimization problems. Due to its inspiration from natural ant colonies' shortest path-finding behavior, this optimization technique forms part of a larger field known as swarm intelligence. After a short introduction to ant colony optimization, we first provide a chronology focusing on algorithmic developments rather than applications. The main part of the paper deals with a bibliometric study of the ant colony optimization literature. Interesting trends concerning, for example, the geographic origin of publications and the change in research focus over time, can be learned from the presented graphs and numbers.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":403,"journal":{"name":"Physics of Life Reviews","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":13.7,"publicationDate":"2024-09-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142326680","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2024-09-26DOI: 10.1016/j.plrev.2024.09.013
{"title":"Since Feeling is First: Comment on “The affective grounds of the mind. The Affective Pertinentization (APER) Model” by Sergio Salvatore, Arianna Palmieri, Raffaele De Luca Picione, Vincenzo Bochicchio, Mateo Reho, Maria Rita Serio, Giampaolo Salvatore","authors":"","doi":"10.1016/j.plrev.2024.09.013","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.plrev.2024.09.013","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":403,"journal":{"name":"Physics of Life Reviews","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":13.7,"publicationDate":"2024-09-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142455013","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2024-09-21DOI: 10.1016/j.plrev.2024.09.012
{"title":"Surveying the neuroimager's connectivity toolbox: Comment on “Connectivity analyses for task-based fMRI” by Huang, De Brigard, Cabeza, & Davis","authors":"","doi":"10.1016/j.plrev.2024.09.012","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.plrev.2024.09.012","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":403,"journal":{"name":"Physics of Life Reviews","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":13.7,"publicationDate":"2024-09-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142379794","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2024-09-19DOI: 10.1016/j.plrev.2024.09.011
{"title":"Competing models of visual mental imagery: Reverse hierarchy or heterarchy?","authors":"","doi":"10.1016/j.plrev.2024.09.011","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.plrev.2024.09.011","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":403,"journal":{"name":"Physics of Life Reviews","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":13.7,"publicationDate":"2024-09-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142326681","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2024-09-15DOI: 10.1016/j.plrev.2024.09.010
{"title":"A natural experiment to understand genetic influences on brain structures. Comment on “Heritability of white matter in twins: A diffusion neuroimaging review” by Giovanni Videtta, Chiara Colli, Letizia Squarcina, Corrado Fagnani, Emanuela Medda, Paolo Brambilla, Giuseppe Delvecchio","authors":"","doi":"10.1016/j.plrev.2024.09.010","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.plrev.2024.09.010","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":403,"journal":{"name":"Physics of Life Reviews","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":13.7,"publicationDate":"2024-09-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142243908","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2024-09-15DOI: 10.1016/j.plrev.2024.09.009
{"title":"Stretching the limits of tightness and looseness in music interaction Reply to comments on “Musical engagement as a duet of tight synchrony and loose interpretability”","authors":"","doi":"10.1016/j.plrev.2024.09.009","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.plrev.2024.09.009","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":403,"journal":{"name":"Physics of Life Reviews","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":13.7,"publicationDate":"2024-09-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142387017","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}